Life History
May 1838 |
Born in Milam, Tennessee.1,2,3 |
1863 |
Married Mary Willie ALLEN in Tennessee.3 |
about 1866 |
Birth of daughter Selia B BLEDSOE in Tennessee.2 |
May 1866 |
Birth of son Yancy B BLEDSOE in Tennessee.4,5 |
Sep 1869 |
Birth of son Oscar Newton BLEDSOE in Tennessee.2 |
after 1900 |
Death of Mary Willie ALLEN in probably Lamar County, Texas.1 |
11th Mar 1925 |
Died in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma.3 |
after 11th Mar 1925 |
Buried in Dennison Cemetery, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma.3 |
Notes
- Dr Bledsoe and his wife Mary were both born in Tennessee. Their great grandson Charles Christian reports form his genealogical research that Jacob was born in 1838 in Milam (County?) and Mary was from Alamo. Jacob and Mary were married in 1863.
Charles reprots that Dr. Bledsoe participated in the Civil War and attained the rank of Captain. He was wounded in the battle of Atlanta.
1870 Federal Census, Henderson County, Tennessee, 27 July, 9th Civil District, PO Lexington, page 16, Hse/Fam #116
Bledsoe, Jacob D 32 M W MD $500 personal estate born Tennessee
Bledsoe, Mary W 24 F W Keeping House born Tennessee
Bledsoe, Yancy B 4 M W Tennessee
Bledsoe, Selia B 4 F W Tennessee
Bledsoe, Newton O 10months M W Tennessee [b abt Sept 1869]
According to grandson Charles Christian, Dr Jacob Yancy moved to Texas about 1893. We find Jacob and Mary together with their son Yancy and his family for the 1900 census. In 1900 they are in the very northern area of Texas for the 1900 census, near the Red River in Lamar County, not far from Arkansas. For the 1800 census, I could not find an entry definitely for Yancy's family. There are Bledsoes in both Tennessee and Texas with similar names, but I cannot find a John with Willie as a wife.
Thus we do not know what route the Bledsoes took from Tennessee to Texas nor a precise time frame.
1900 Federal Census, Lamar County, Texas, 23 June, Justice Precinct 7, District 86, page 19B, east of Bee Bayou, Hse #335, Fam #346
Bledsoe, John (?) Head W M May 1838 62 Married 35 years TN NC NC
(The name is overwritten with census tally figures!)
Bledsoe, Willy Wife W F Nov 1844 62 Married 35 years TN TN TN
The name here likely was intended to be Jacob. The Willy is probably for the W in Mary W recorded in 1870. I have not found the Bledsoes in 1880. Charles Christian tells me Jacob and Mary moved to Idabel, Oklahoma, where later we also find Yancy and Ceny. Yancy and his wife Ceny are married in Texas, and we find them for the 1910 census in the adjoining county north of Red River in the new state of Oklahoma.
Charles Christian gave the name of Yancy's brother to me as Oscar Newton. I note that the names are reversed in the census of 1870.
Sources
- 1. 1900 Federal Census, Lamar County, Texas
- 23 June, Justice Precinct 7, District 86, page 19B, east of Bee Bayou, Hse #335, Fam #346
- 2. 1870 Federal Census, Henderson County, Tennessee
- 27 July, 9th Civil District, PO Lexington, page 16, Hse/Fam #116
- 3. Email Sources
- 4. 1920 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
- 9 April, Idabel, District 157, page 17B, Hill St, White Town, Hse #257, Fam #360
- 5. 1900 Federal Census, Lamar County, Texas
- 23 June, Justice Precinct 7, District 86, page 19B, east of Bee Bayou, Hse #336, Fam #347